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Bulls guard Zach LaVine backs 76ers star Joel Embiid for NBA MVP

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NBA players don’t have a say in MVP voting. That responsibility belongs to a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters who cover the league.

But players had input in the voting before the 1980-81 season, and Bulls guard Zach LaVine said 76ers center Joel Embiid would be at the top of his ballot if that still were the case.

‘‘Embiid has it wrapped up this year, in my opinion,’’ LaVine said during shootaround Wednesday.

Whether you chalk up LaVine’s vote to recent memory — the Bulls played their second game in three days against the 76ers on Wednesday — or to the fact that they train together during the offseason, he isn’t off-base.